Israel struck sensitive Iranian nuclear site in late October attackWND By David Brummer November 17, 2024
Report says critical sophisticated equipment, which Tehran would need to develop a nuclear weapon destroyedJERUSALEM – A clearer picture of Israel's remarkable attack on Iran in late October emerged over the last few days as the full extent of the targets struck – and their importance – to the Islamic Republic came into sharper focus.
The satellite imagery available shortly after the strikes (as in within a few hours) strongly suggested that Israel's unprecedented strike – which came in a wave of sorties and was carried out by anywhere between one-third and a half of Israel's entire air force – had caused significant damage to a number of critical Iranian sites, including those associated with its clandestine nuclear program.
In the immediate aftermath of the strikes, former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus told CNN, "Of course the Iranian regime would want to play down the success of Israeli strikes, but there's a lot of visual and radar information, as well as reports from the ground, will confirm the damage at locations such as the nuclear site in Parchin."
It can now be confirmed Iran "was actively conducting research that would support construction of a nuclear device – a process known as weaponization – at a site the Israeli Air Force destroyed during its Oct. 25 counterstrike against the Islamic Republic, an Axios report revealed on Nov. 15. The small building, known as Taleghan 2, was located within Iran's Parchin military complex," according to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
The Taleghan 2 facility in the Parchin military complex which was destroyed in the strike was used prior to 2003 for testing explosives needed to set off a nuclear device, according to the Institute for Science and International Security. Both the U.S. and Israel were deeply concerned earlier this year about what appeared to be a resumption of Iranian weaponization research activities. This included unnamed U.S. and Israeli officials expressing concern Iran was engaged in computer modeling and metallurgical research useful in building nuclear weapons. However, the reports which followed these allegations from intelligence figures neither elaborated on the nature of the research nor Iran's motivation for carrying it out.
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